Also, a very interesting article was posted over at the Washington Post last week. Essentially, the reporter took a famous violinist, stuck him in a subway station and had him play incognito. Then, they filmed what happened–trying to see how many people stopped, interviewing some of those who passed by, that sort of thing. The question was this: Would average passers recognize genius if they encountered it in an unexpected place.

It’s a very good article, with some interesting thoughts about the nature of art. Note that at least one Busker has a response up to the article, and while they make at least one good observation, in general I think they missed the vision of the article.